46. Mrs. Butlerasked the Minister of Transport when he expects his study of the traffic problem in London to be completed; and when recommendations in regard to particular areas in Greater London will be available to local authorities now preparing road plans and schemes of redevelopment in those areas.
§ Mr. MarplesThe first results of the London Traffic Survey, commissioned jointly by the London County Council and my Department, will be published60W this spring. They will analyse existing traffic patterns. A further report later this year will examine transport needs in 1971 and 1981. More study is needed to determine the best overall transport system to meet these needs, and arrangements for this are being discussed now.
The survey will not in itself produce a set of detailed recommendations for road improvement schemes in particular areas, but it will provide an invaluable basis for these to be worked out by the authorities concerned. Information from the survey can be made available to local authorities in advance of publication where this would help on specific projects and would not interfere unduly with the progress of the survey.